According to TawaTaylor [1], it is amazing just how many women feel 'stupid' because they took a science, math or technology class and found themselves confused. "I hear it all the time and it bothers me. Just because a course was confusing does not label a person stupid, or dumb," she
.
Taylor has been using Kishore’s [2] article in Merinew for her project, adds that girls' statement by girls "I was never good at math anyway" in a resigned manner is a shame. “One major goal of this project is to try to reset this misleading paradigm that seems to afflict a major part of the female population and bring awareness to the fact that opportunity to advance in STEM fields is open to everyone, male or female,” she continues.
She holds, “The simple fact is that women learn differently. Men and women are supposed to be equal, but they are not the same and do not have to be the same. If teaching methods are not suitable for a large sector of the human race, then methods to alter teaching styles should be adopted. ..Awareness of this issue is growing, and while there are numerous ongoing efforts to correct it, results are quite minimal mainly because technology improvements and discoveries, heavily intertwined in all STEM fields, have been moving at incredible speeds.”
Also, Kishore’s work [3] has been cited in a study done in Nigeria for advocacy of making STEM education gender inclusive and equitable through collaborative learning methods .
[1]
H:\Old Data\my documents c drive\WOMEN in STEM TawaTaylor-Gr1 § Education E-104 (Spring 2008-2009).mht
[2]
Kishore, Lalit Dr. "Do men and women learn differently?"
[3]
Comments